La Liga round-up: Hercules grateful for Trezeguet and Valdez

The international strike partnership made in France and Paraguay has contributed all but one of the club's 14 goals this season

David Trezeguet holds off Levante defender Javi Venta during Hercules' 3-1 victory (Manuel Lorenzo)
David Trezeguet and Nelson Valdez kept up La Liga's most extraordinary
statistic as both were on target for Hercules in their 3-1 victory against
Levante in Alicante. The two international forwards have scored all but one
of Hercules’ 14 goals this season.

Valdez, celebrating his 27th birthday, opened the scoring but Ruben Suarez
pulled Levante level within a minute. France's Trezeguet's restored the lead
on 62 minutes with his seventh goal of the season and Paraguay forward
Valdez added another five minutes later. Hercules coach Esteban Vigo said he
was not worried by the lack of contribution from the rest of the team. "As
long as they keep scoring, I could (not) care less," he said. "Let
them score all of them."

In Sunday's late game, Valencia saw off strugglers Almeria 2-1 with a goal in
each half from Roberto Soldado. Leonardo Ulloa’s last-minute strike came too
late for the